XML Learning Guide

This guide explains what XML is, how it’s used, and where it fits into the world of Web services. Here you will find XML articles, tutorials, examples, tips, tools, white papers, expert advice and more to increase your XML knowledge and understanding. XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible way to create common information formats and then consistenly share both the format and the data on the WWW, intranets, and elsewhere. Using a standard way of describing data, as XML allows, enables users to send an intelligent agent (a program) to a target, such as a web site, gather data, make a comparison of the data, and then send back results to the user.. 

XML Learning Guide

Table of Contents
   XML Quick Start
   XML Articles
   XML White Papers
   XML Chapter Downloads
   XML Tutorials & Code Examples
   Developer Tools and Downloads
   Industry Quotes about XML
   Q&A with XML Experts
   Products using XML
   Online XML Resources
   XML Specs
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XML Quick Start

• Glossary Definition: XML (SearchWebServices.com, powered by Whatis.com)
  
• Best Web Links: XML (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• XML Developer Tips (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• XML basics quick start (ZVON.org)
  
• XML Tutorial (W3Schools)
  
• What is XML? (l. c. rees)
  
• Kickstart XML Tutorial (Spiderpro)
  

XML Articles

• Browse this collection of editor-selected XML articles bookmarked from around the Web. (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: Thinking XML: The commons of creativity (Uche Ogbuji, IBM developerWorks)
  
• Commentary: Whatever happened to XML schemas? (Ronald Schmelzer, ZapThink LLC)
  
• Article: Making XML useful to ordinary mortals. (Ed Tittel, SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: XML and security. (Ed Tittel, SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: What’s up with XForms. (Ed Tittel, SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: XML an increasingly valuable skill, experts say. (Michelle Graziose Webb, SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: XML helps standardize information for sharing. (Johanna Ambrosio, SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Article: An inside look at how XML works. (Preston Gralla, SearchWebServices.com)
  

XML White Papers

• Courier Messaging: An XML solution to the Web services network traffic problem (Kimanzi Mati)
  
• An introduction to XML pipelines (Orbeon)
  
• Transforming unstructured content into XML (Rizwan Virk)
  
• Code fast, run fast with XML data binding (Eric Armstrong)
  
• Understanding ebXML, UDDI and XML/edi. (XMLGlobal)
  
• Applications of XML and customizable components in building virtual places on the Web (Lukasz Beca)
  
• A new revolution on the horizon (Sterling Commerce)
  

XML Chapter Downloads

• XML linking language (Addison-Wesley)
• The structure of documents and schemas (Addison-Wesley)
• Integrating XQuery and relational database systems (Addison-Wesley)
• XML syntax and parsing concepts (Addison-Wesley)
• XPath 1.0 (Addison-Wesley)
• How to start topic mapping right away with the XTM specification (Addison-Wesley)
• Designing and managing an XML warehouse (Addison-Wesley)

XML Tutorials and Code Examples

• Browse this collection of editor-selected XML tutorials bookmarked from around the Web. (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Browse this collection of editor-selected XML examples bookmarked from around the Web. (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Tutorial: XML. (XMLFiles.com)
  
• Tutorial: XML Tutorial. (Microsoft)
  
• XML Articles and Tutorials. (WDVL)
  
• Tutorial: Introduction to XML. (Digital Web Magazine)
  
• Tutorial: The top 10 pointers to XML information online. (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Tutorial: Untangling Unicode encoding in XML. (SearchWebServices.com)
  

Developer Tools and Downloads

• Check out this free XML editor (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• Free XML tools and software (Lars Marius Garshol)
  
• XML Resources (James Clark)
  
• The World of XML Tools (IC Online)
  
• Apache XML Project (Apache)
  
• XML tools (WebReference.com)
  
• XML Document Tools
  
• XMLwriter XML Editor v2.4 (Wattle Software)
  

Industry Quotes about XML

• Rose O’Donnell, vice president of engineering, Bowstreet Inc.: “[XML] is ultimately what will equate to less pain, or less churn in the way businesses communicate with partners and customers”
• Douglas Barry, founder and principal, Barry & Associates: “It’s a market that’s all over the place. Every week there are new products that become available.”
• IT-Director.com: “Arguably, XML is already as viable as you can need. But clearly there’s more to come.”
• Peter Abrahams, Analyst, Bloor Research: “The technical cost of entry into the [integration] market has gone down with the advent of standards such as XML, Web services and BPEL.”
• Peter Abrahams, Analyst, Bloor Research: “[XML] is now having more impact than SQL that has been around for25 years.”

Expert Advice from XML Experts

• Is it necessary for Web developers to know XML?
  
• What is XML indexing?
  
• Why is XML better for e-commerce than HTML?
  
• I’m using IE 6. Why isn’t my XML displaying properly?
  
• How do XML schema validators work?
  
• Standards for securing XML messages/documents
  
• The merits of XML-based programming languages, such as Water
  
• Got questions about XML? Pose your own question to our XML expert: Sean McGrath.

XML Products

• Browse this collection of XML products in our Product & Vendor SolutionCenter. (SearchWebServices.com)
  
• XML.com Buyer’s Guide (O’Reilly)
  
• XML Software Guide (WDVL)
  
• Review: Adobe develops a new intelligent document architecture (Document Management)
  
• Review: eXcelon Business Process Manager (XML Database)
  
• Review: The Ipedo XML Database (XML Database)
  
• Review: XML Instance 1.1 (XML Editing)
  
• Review: Xselerator XML Editor/Debugger (XML Editing)
  
• Review: XCompress (XML Compression)

Online Resources for XML

• Cafe con Leche XML News and Resources
  
• ZVON: The Guide to the XML Galaxy
  
• XML.com
  
• W3C.org: XML
  
• XML.org
  
• The XML FAQ
  
• XML CoverPages
  
• DevX
  
• MSDN XML Developer Center
  
• IBM developerWorks: XML

XML Specifications

• Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Specification (W3C)
  
• Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification (W3C)
  
• Namespaces in XML (W3C)
  
• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification (W3C)
  
• XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language: A Reformulation of HTML 4.0 in XML 1.0 (W3C)
  
• Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), Version 1.0 (W3C)
  
• XML Linking Language (XLink) (W3C)
  
• XML Pointer Language (XPointer) (W3C)
  
• XML-RPC (UserLand Software)

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